My experience is that the people who make this claim, that there is no morality except divinely-inspired morality, are the same people who claim that to get into their heaven you cannot simply be a moral and just person, you must also have faith in their god. To some extent this is a rational action for their cult to take, it bolsters the authority of the priests over the herd - you have to have faith and listen to the priests, you can't just go it alone and be a good person because if you do, it'll be Hell for you.
Essentially it seem to translate to, theists believe humanity is evil and immoral as a base state - Fall of Man and all that - and that morality can only be imposed under threat. That is, if there are two humans - one a believer and one not - who act identically, the one who *isn't* under threat of eternal punishment is the one bunging it on. The one who does believe themselves to be under such threat, well, he's the one to take at face value.
I disagree. I would contend that morality under threat of eternal punishment is morality taken in bad faith. Pun gleefully intended.
The rest of them that sprout this mealy-mouthed apologia for pink, invisible unicorns? They're just trying to keep their herds under the thumb.
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